GRE Word List
JUXTAPOSE
to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect)
The meaning of the word juxtapose is to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| politic | political |
| exact | to call for forcibly or urgently and obtain |
| pragmatic | relating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic |
| guy | man |
| improvident | not provident : not foreseeing and providing for the future |
| brawny | muscular |
| phylum | a direct line of descent within a group |
| dummy | a person who is incapable of speaking |
| gall | brazen boldness coupled with impudent assurance and insolence |
| shrivel | to draw into wrinkles especially with a loss of moisture |